Trent Williams reveals he had cancer, Redskins misdiagnosed it

Williams reveals that he had cancer

First and foremost, we got clarity on the “medical scare” that he dealt with this offseason.

According to NBC Sports Washington’s JP Finlay, Williams stated that he had a specific type of cancer that was attached to his skull and that the growth had started six years ago.

Throughout all the time, the team said it was minor. And it turned out they were wrong.

Williams did explain what Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DSFP) was at the press conference as well and said the team “underestimated it,” per NBC Sports Washington’s Ethan Cadeaux.

“I went to go get the cyst extracted, and when they did it, they found out it wasn’t a cyst,” he said. “[They] told me it was DSFP. That’s what the cancer is called. It’s a very rare soft tissue cancer. The diagnosis that they gave me in the beginning, they kind of underestimated it,” Williams said.

Even if the cancer is rare and slow-growing, it’s unforgivable that the team couldn’t identify what was happening as anything other than a minor problem. Williams’ life could’ve been in danger, yet the team’s medical staff evidently wasn’t competent enough to identify that.

It’s very easy to see why Williams was angry with the team and vowed never to play for them again.

And if this had been an isolated incident, it would be one thing. But injuries and medical situations haven’t exactly been handled well in recent years for the Redskins.